unlike in English: Different from someone or something. (preposition)

Translation

Different from someone or something.

Word origin

Formed in Middle English from un, meaning not, and like.

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"Unlike" compares two people and says they are different.

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Here it means being late is not normal for her.

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"Unlike any" means completely different from all others.

different

Not the same as someone or something else.

same

Not different, but exactly alike or the very one already mentioned.

like

To enjoy someone or something, or to find them nice.

similar

Almost the same, but not exactly the same.

as

Used to compare things that are equal, to mean "while", or to give a reason or a role.

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